FNUS74 KMOB 101351 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 56...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 751 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...INCREASING SOUTHERLY MIXED LAYER TRANSPORT FLOW OFF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS UP THROUGH WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDING THE FRONT. SOUTHERLY TRANSPORT FLOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER STARTING TODAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........55 55 50 50 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 69 72 72 69 RH..............75 60 54 54 63 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..11 14 14 14 12 MIX HGT (FT)....2800 5000 5400 4600 3700 MIX HGT (M).....850 1520 1650 1400 1130 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.24 24 25 28 28 TRANS SPD (M/S).11 11 11 13 13 DISPERSION......56 74 80 80 74 LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........58 58 58 80 80 80 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............66 59 55 56 56 56 RH..............70 90 100 100 100 100 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 9 9 10 11 MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 300 300 600 600 MIX HGT (M).....180 180 90 90 180 180 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.28 24 25 31 35 35 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 11 11 14 16 16 DISPERSION......25 22 23 28 31 31 LVORI...........3 4 5 4 4 4 CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........94 94 94 97 97 97 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............54 58 66 73 75 74 RH..............100 100 79 59 50 50 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..14 16 17 17 17 16 MIX HGT (FT)....600 2300 2700 3300 3500 3400 MIX HGT (M).....180 700 820 1010 1070 1040 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.33 31 35 40 40 36 TRANS SPD (M/S).15 14 16 18 18 16 DISPERSION......30 65 78 95 95 91 LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1 CWR.............30 30 30 60 60 60 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...TRACY SIMMONS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090210.COMPA.01/MOB